Sunderland 2 Millwall 2: Black Cats become the first team in English football history to go without a home win in 20 GAMES
Lewis Grabban got Sunderland off to a flying start, but almost immediately went 2-1 down, before a second-half leveller
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SUNDERLAND'S winless home run extended to 20 games on Saturday as they drew 2-2 with Millwall at the Stadium of Light.
The hosts, watched by Chris Coleman's assistant Kit Symons ahead of the ex-Wales manager's imminent appointment, went ahead on 12 minutes through Lewis Grabban.
But George Saville's double - both courtesy of mistakes from home goalkeeper Robbin Ruiter - turned the game on its head.
Adam Matthews equalised at the start of the second half, again thanks to a goalkeeping error, but the Wearsiders could not force a winner.
They now remain without a home league victory since last December.
Things started positively enough for rock-bottom Sunderland.
They passed the ball around confidently initially and sent over a few teasing crosses, including one that led to a corner from which they took the early lead.
Lions goalkeeper Jordan Archer got himself in a mess under his crossbar when Bryan Oviedo's corner came his way, and Grabban pounced to poke over the line.
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That should have given Sunderland the confidence to build and perhaps it would have had Ruiter not taken matters into his own hands five minutes later.
Saville's curling 25-yard free-kick did not look like ending in the net but Ruiter allowed the ball to squirm between his legs and across the line.
Less than three minutes later he dropped another clanger, in a similar manner.
This time Saville's free-kick from a more central position was only pushed into the net by the Dutch keeper.
Millwall's players could not believe their luck and were happy to put Sunderland's players under greater pressure every time they touched the ball.
To make matters worse, the hosts lost Duncan Watmore and Jonny Williams to injury.
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Sunderland were then thankful for another goalkeeper error to get them back into the game immediately after the restart - this time from Archer.
He somehow lost his bearings when Matthews darted beyond his man on the right and sent over a powerful delivery which ended up flying into the net.
A frenetic ending followed, with chances at both ends.
Ruiter was forced into making his first real save with 20 minutes remaining with a strong one-handed stop to deny Lee Gregory.
Meanwhile Grabban was inches from grabbing a winner from close range... with the match ending at 2-2.
